Desert Hawk Books

 

Hell on Horses and Women

Alice Marriott

Foreword by
Margot Liberty
Drawings by
Margaret LeFranc

 

304  pages
Illustrations
Paperback

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The title derives from the old saying, "This cow business is a damn fine business for men and mules, but it's hell on women and horses." Marriott describes the hell of ranch women in the first half of the 20th century.

Contents

• In My Own Voice (Wyoming to Florida, 1951-52)

• Where Do They Come From, and What Kind of Women Are They?

• A Well-stocked Pantry Is the Housewife's Pride (New York-Nevada, 1940)

• Is Their Life Hell?

• Give Us This Day... (Colorado, 1936)

• Blizzard Winter (North Dakota, 1948)

• The Ordeal (Texas, 1952)

• This Is the Way We Earn Our Bread (Kansas, 1952)

• What Are Their Houses Like?

• This Is the Way We Build Our House (Montana, 1895-1945)

• The Woman's Touch (Nebraska, 1915-35)

• The Kitchen (Wyoming, 1936)

• What Is Their Biggest Problem?

• This Is the Way We Go to School (Montana, 1950)

• She Needs Certain Advantages (Arizona, 1952)

• How Do They Live?

• The Roundup (Montana, 1950)

• The Auction (New Mexico, 1951)

• This Is the Way We Wash Our Clothes (Montana, 1951)

• The Shopping Trip (Texas, 1948)

• Old - and Alone (Utah, 1951)

• What Do They Do with Their Spare Time?

• This Is the Way We Go to Church (Nebraska, 1952)

• This Is the Way the Ladies Ride (South Dakota, 1951)

• They Could All Get Killed (Oklahoma, 1951)

• Merry Christmas (Montana, 1952)

• Merrily We Dance and Sing (Wyoming, 1951)

• Bibliography

• Acknowledgments